Jane Goodall
Primatologist, Ethologist, Anthropologist
"If we kill off the wild, then we are killing a part of our souls."
Conservation quotes
Conservation
52 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Mahatma Gandhi
Political Leader
"Conservation of national sanitation is Swaraj work and it may not be postponed for a single day on any consideration whatsoever."
Ansel Adams
Photographer
"Once destroyed, nature's beauty cannot be repurchased at any price"
Francis Bacon
Philosopher, Statesman
"We cannot command Nature except by obeying her."
Theodore Roosevelt
Politician, Author
"When I hear of the destruction of a species, I feel just as if all the works of some great writer have perished."
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"Conservation must become before recreation."
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"Nothing is more conservative than conservation"
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"Conservation of energy also protects our environment."
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"Like the resource it seeks to protect, wildlife conservation must be dynamic, changing as conditions change, seeking always to become more effective."
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"I believe humans have souls, and I believe in the conservation of souls."
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"Conservation is not merely a question of morality, but a question of our own survival."
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"Congress is always willing to appropriate money for more and bigger paved roads, anywhere -- particularly if they form loops."
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"If in fact the conservation and complexification of novelty is what the universe is striving for, then suddenly our own human enterprise, previously marginalized, takes on an immense new importance."
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